Annex

**Approvals committee – October/November 2010**

1. Since the last Board meeting, our approvals committee has considered one urgent application by correspondence on 15 October and has met twice to consider applications requiring approval of consultancy contracts over £20,000 and all external recruitment.

2. The cases considered are listed below:

| Meeting date | Ref: No. & directorate | Summary of application | Consultancy/ recruit | Committee Decision | |--------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|--------------------| | 25 October 2010 | 50 | Additional operations advice | Recruitment (fees for services, 10 days’ work) | Approved | | 25 October 2010 | 51 | Appointment of specialist recruitment consultants for new chief executive £82,250 | Consultancy | Approved | | 25 October 2010 | 52 | Passenger priorities for data – qualitative research £35,000 | Consultancy | Not approved | | 1 November 2010 | 54 | Recruitment of two temporary economists | External recruitment | Approved | | 1 November 2010 | 56 | External recruitment of chief executive | External recruitment | Approved |

**Urgent item by correspondence**

| Meeting date | Ref: No. | Summary of application | Consultancy | Committee Decision | |--------------------|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|--------------------| | 15 October 2010 | 48 | Cost and revenue sharing between Network Rail and train operators | Consultancy | Approved | 3. The committee were also provided with details of any applications below £20,000 which are subject to approval by corporate services. There have been 5 applications approved totalling £30,700.